Are we getting close to the heating season?
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I'm reading Letters of a Nation which is a compilation of letters written over the life of America. This one from Philadelphia, on July 6, 1794 should give all a weather chuckle. It was no better then, then now.
..."The seasons here are detestable. All is burning or freezing. There is no spring or autumn. The weather is so very inconstant that you are never sure for an hour, a single hour at a time. Last night we made a fire to sit by, and to-day it is scorching hot. The whole month of March was so hot that we could hardly bear our clothes, and trhe parts of the month of June there was a frost every night, and so cold in the day-time that we were obliged to wear great coats..."
..."The seasons here are detestable. All is burning or freezing. There is no spring or autumn. The weather is so very inconstant that you are never sure for an hour, a single hour at a time. Last night we made a fire to sit by, and to-day it is scorching hot. The whole month of March was so hot that we could hardly bear our clothes, and trhe parts of the month of June there was a frost every night, and so cold in the day-time that we were obliged to wear great coats..."
BeGreen said:
Unbelievable, I've just been watching that on BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14041973
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